22nd of July
The July 22 is the 203rd day of the Gregorian calendar (the 204th in leap years ), thus remain 162 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 1099: Godfrey of Bouillon becomes the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem , which was established after the city was conquered in the First Crusade . However, he refused the royal crown and instead took the title of Advocatus sancti sepulchri .
- 1209: As part of the Albigensian Crusade , the crusaders take the southern French city of Béziers , a stronghold of the Cathars , with around 20,000 inhabitants , and kill the entire population.
- 1227: In the battle of Bornhöved is Waldemar II. Of Adolf IV of Schauenburg and Holstein. Beaten and must Holstein give up.
- 1295: A Venetian fleet appears in front of Constantinople and destroys Genoese apartments in the Galata district .
- 1298: During the Scottish Wars of Independence , England's King Edward I defeated the Scots led by William Wallace with his army at the Battle of Falkirk .
- 1378: The city government of Florence is overthrown by the Ciompi uprising . However, conflicting interests of the rebels lead to their return after a few weeks.
- 1443: Old Zurich War : An army campaign by the Zurichers against the Confederates ends with a defeat in the Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl .
- 1456: The first siege of Belgrade by the Ottomans under Sultan Mehmed II ends with the withdrawal of the besiegers. Johann Hunyadi ensures the independence of Hungary.
- 1499: In the battle of Dornach , the last armed conflict of the Swabian War, the Confederates defeat the Swabian League .
- 1515: On the Prince's Day in Vienna , Emperor Maximilian I and the Jagiellonian Vladislav II of Bohemia and Hungary agree to join their families through the Vienna double wedding . In this way Maximilian secures the rule over the kingdoms of Bohemia and Hungary for the Habsburgs .
- 1653: The Corpus Evangelicorum , the body of the Protestant imperial estates in religious and church affairs, is constituted at the Reichstag in Regensburg .
- 1739: In the Battle of Grocka , the Ottoman troops in the Russo-Austrian Turkish War inflict a serious defeat on the Imperial-Austrian army. Soon afterwards the war ended in the Peace of Belgrade , which cost Austria conquered territory on the Balkan Peninsula .
- 1793: Alexander MacKenzie reaches the Pacific, becoming the first white man to cross North America north of Mexico.
- 1795: With the Treaty of Basel , Spain also withdraws from the First Coalition War against France .
- 1795: In the emigre battle on the Quiberon peninsula in Brittany , General Lazare Hoche and his revolutionary army include a royalist army from Chouans and also conquer Fort Penthièvre. The 952 prisoners surrendering to him by grace or disfavor are executed on the orders of the French National Convention .
- 1805: In the Battle of Cape Finisterre in the Third Coalition War , ships of the Royal Navy under Admiral Robert Calder prevent the penetration of a French-Spanish fleet led by Pierre de Villeneuve into the English Channel .
- 1807: The Duchy of Warsaw , created on the basis of the Peace of Tilsit , receives a constitution drafted by Napoleon Bonaparte . The Saxon King Friedrich August I becomes head of state in personal union .
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- 1808: The Battle of Bailén ends with the surrender of the French forces under Pierre Dupont de l'Étang to Francisco Javier Castaño's Spanish army. It is the greatest defeat of the Napoleonic army during the Napoleonic Wars on the Iberian Peninsula .
- 1812: In the Battle of Salamanca during the Napoleonic Wars on the Iberian Peninsula , the French troops under General Marmont are defeated by the attacking Allied army under Wellington's command .
- 1938: In the German Reich, with disadvantages for Jews , the identification card is introduced as a domestic ID . The identity card will later replace this photo ID.
- 1942: The first railroad car with prisoners from the Warsaw ghetto arrives at the Treblinka extermination camp as part of Aktion Reinhardt , the systematic murder of Polish Jews .
- 1943: In the north of the German-Soviet front begins before Leningrad , the third Ladoga battle . Despite the small gains made by the Red Army , the units of the Wehrmacht managed to defend themselves by September 25th.
- 1944: In Poland , the Lublin Committee ( PKWN ) publishes its manifesto after the liberation of Lublin by the Red Army, heralding the liberation from German occupation and the beginning of communist rule. The Polish government-in-exile is not involved in the establishment of the state.
- 1946: The Zionist terrorist organization Irgun Zwai Leumi , headed by Menachem Begin , bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem , which houses several departments of the British Mandate Administration . At least 91 people die; however, the information on dead and injured varies in the sources.
- 1948: In a second referendum on Newfoundland's political future, 52.3% of the voters vote in favor of joining Canada.
- 1950: Accompanied by protests, Belgium's King Leopold III returns . returned from exile.
- 1954: Laos becomes finally independent from France.
- 1969: Francisco Franco appoints Juan Carlos as his successor as head of state of Spain . The Cortes Generales approved this and gave Juan Carlos the title of Prince of Spain .
- 1983: The state of war officially ended in Poland .
- 1985: The Schleswig-Holstein State Parliament decides to set up a Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park .
- 1986: In the United Kingdom which is corporal punishment banned in schools.
- 1990: The People's Chamber of the GDR passes the Land Introduction Act , which is to come into force on October 14th.
- 1993: During the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina , the siege of Sarajevo, which has been going on since April 5, 1992, recorded a maximum of 3,777 shell impacts in one day.
- 1994: The Gambian President Dawda Jawara is overthrown in a coup. He is succeeded by Lieutenant Yahya Jammeh .
- 1999: The spiritual practice of Falun Gong is banned in China.
- 2001: Following allegations of involvement in looting and violent rioting in the context of the protests against the G8 summit in Genoa , the public theater caravan is arrested by the Italian police.
- 2003: In a skirmish with American special forces in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul are Uday and Qusay Hussein , sons of Saddam Hussein killed.
- 2011: 77 people died in two attacks in Norway and dozen were injured. There is a bomb attack in the government district in Oslo , and an attack in a holiday camp run by the Norwegian Young Socialists ( AUF ) on the island of Utøya . The assassin is the Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik .
economy
- 1916: The Allgemeine Zeitung , the oldest daily newspaper in Namibia and the only German-language daily newspaper in Africa, appears for the first time under the name Der Kriegsbote .
- 1944: At the Bretton Woods conference , the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and the World Bank are founded and an international currency system with fixed exchange rates is adopted.
science and technology
- 1929: On its maiden voyage, the turbine ship Bremen of Norddeutscher Lloyd wins the Blue Ribbon for the fastest Atlantic crossing, previously held by the British Mauretania for twenty years . Even before arrival, the Heinkel HE 12 mail plane takes off from the ship with the help of a catapult in order to deliver the mail to New York in good time.
- 1933: Wiley Post lands after the first solo flight around the world at Floyd Bennett Field in New York . It was on the road for seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes and required eleven stopovers.
- 1946: The constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO) is signed by 61 states in New York City. In accordance with the statutes of the United Nations, it lists the principles that are "fundamental to the happiness of all peoples, their harmonious relationships and their security". A comprehensive definition of the term health is given.
- 1962: The space probe Mariner 1 takes off in the direction of Venus , but has to be blown up after approx. 3 minutes due to a flight path deviation.
- 1994: The last parts of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit Jupiter .
- 2009: The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century occurs over India, China and the Pacific Ocean .
Culture
- 1833: The premiere of the opera Ali Baba ou Les Quarante Voleurs (Ali Baba or The Forty Robbers) by Luigi Cherubini takes place at the Grand Opéra Paris .
- 1847: The opera I masnadieri by Giuseppe Verdi based on the play Die Räuber by Friedrich Schiller has its world premiere in London.
- 1919: The ballet Der Dreispitz is premiered in London by the Ballets Russes ; the stage sets, the stage curtain and the costumes were created by Pablo Picasso .
- 1956: The Robert Schumann House is opened in Zwickau as a memorial to the composer Robert Schumann , who was born in the Saxon city in 1810 .
- 1971: During excavations in the Spanish city of Baza , the Dama de Baza is found, a sculpture from the fourth century BC. Chr.
society
- 1934: The US bank robber John Dillinger , known as "Public Enemy No. 1" , is shot by police officers while leaving a cinema.
- 2004: The Tagwerk campaign organized the “Your Day for Africa” campaign in Brandenburg for the first time . The association calls on schoolchildren to get involved with their peers in Africa. In Brandenburg, 12,500 young people from 122 schools responded to the call.
- 2016: Several people are shot dead in an attack in the Munich Olympic shopping center .
religion
- 260: Dionysius is elected Bishop of Rome and is confronted with the task of reorganizing the Church after the persecution of Christians .
Disasters
- 1342: During the Magdalen floods, large parts of Central Europe are inundated by the rivers Rhine, Main, Danube, Moselle, Moldau, Elbe, Weser, Werra and Unstrut. It is probably the worst flood of the 2nd millennium.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1829: The Cabardian shepherd and porter Killar Kashirow succeeds in the first ascent of the eastern summit of Elbrus , the highest mountain in the Caucasus .
- 1894: The first race in the car racing will take place from Paris to Rouen instead. 17 of the 21 vehicles that started reach the finish line. The fastest, Albert de Dion , is downgraded to second place. The reliability drive is the first official car race in sports history.
- 1927: The AS Roma football club is founded.
- 2005: The Russian Jelena Gadschijewna Issinbajewa is the first woman to overcome a height of five meters in a pole vault .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field . Entries on football world championship games can be found in the sub-pages of football world championships . The same goes for European football championships .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1136: William FitzEmpress , brother of Henry II of England
- 1210: Johanna von England , daughter of Johann Ohneland and Queen of Scotland
- 1464: Christoph Herwart , German businessman
- 1478: Philip I , Duke of Burgundy and King of Castile and León
- 1510: Alessandro de 'Medici , Duke of Florence
- 1526: Johann Stromer , German legal scholar
- 1531: Leonhard Thurneysser , Basel goldsmith, metallurgist, metallurgical engineer and scholar
- 1535: Katharina Stenbock , Swedish queen
- 1556: Otto Heinrich , Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach
- 1559: Lawrence of Brindisi , Italian theologian
- 1596: Michael I , first Tsar and Grand Duke of Russia from the Romanov dynasty
- 1599: Hans Conrad Gyger , Swiss cartographer and engineer
- 1621: Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury , English politician
- 1647: Margareta Maria Alacoque , French mystic
- 1671: Ludwig Rudolf , Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Prince of Blankenburg
18th century
- 1711: Georg Wilhelm Richmann , German physicist and mathematician
- 1713: Jacques-Germain Soufflot , French architect
- 1727: François Thurot , French privateer and naval officer
- 1730: Daniel Carroll , American politician
- 1740: Jacques Bernard d'Anselme , French lieutenant general
- 1747: Ernst Ludwig Heim , German doctor
- 1747: Maria Katharina Prestel , German painter, engraver and etcher
- 1751: Caroline Mathilde , Queen of Denmark and Norway
- 1755: Ignaz Joseph Martinovics , Hungarian Jacobin
- 1755: Gaspard de Prony , French mathematician
- 1759: Carl Gottfried Theodor Chladenius , German lawyer and mayor
- 1763: Johann Heinrich Ramberg , German painter and draftsman
- 1784: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel , German mathematician, astronomer and geodesist
- 1793: Eugène Walckiers , French flautist and composer
- 1795: Gabriel Lamé , French mathematician and physicist
- 1800: Jakob Lorber , Austrian writer and musician
19th century
1801-1850
- 1803: Eugène Isabey , French painter
- 1803: Jacques Adolphe Charles Rovers , Dutch classical philologist and historian
- 1805: Rudolf von Feistmantel , Austrian forest scientist
- 1806: Johann Kaspar Zeuss , German philologist
- 1808: François Schubert , German concertmaster and composer
- 1809: Heinrich Proch , Austrian composer
- 1812: Heinrich Albert Oppermann , Hanoverian-German lawyer, politician and writer
- 1820: Oliver Mowat , Canadian politician
- 1822: Luigi Arditi , Italian composer and violinist
- 1825: Sophie von Todesco , Salonnière of the Viennese Ringstrasse epoch
- 1829: John Nevins Andrews , American travel preacher, Bible theologian, and president of the Seventh-day Adventist General Conference
- 1831: Kōmei , Japanese emperor
- 1832: Colin Archer , Norwegian yacht and ship designer
- 1833: Friedrich Hultsch , German classical philologist and mathematician
- 1841: Henriette Auegg , Austrian writer, educator and nurse
- 1846: Anton Ohorn , German poet and writer
- 1848: Adolf Friedrich V , Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- 1849: Emma Lazarus , American poet
1851-1900
- 1853: Alfred Messel , German architect
- 1856: Kamran Mirza , Iranian Prime Minister
- 1859: Maria Janitschek , Austrian writer
- 1862: Alfredo Helsby , Chilean painter
- 1865: Rudolf Heinze , German lawyer and politician
- 1866: Ida Giesecke , German painter
- 1871: Gustav von Zahn , German geographer
- 1872: Karl Helfferich , German politician and banker
- 1877: Olof Aschberg , Swedish banker
- 1878: Janusz Korczak , Polish doctor, children's book author and educator
- 1878: Bernhard Trittelvitz , German doctor and writer
- 1882: Edward Hopper , American painter
- 1882: Marceli Popławski , Polish composer, violinist, conductor and music teacher
- 1883: Friedrich Brunstäd , German Protestant theologian and philosopher
- 1883: Karl Preisendanz , German classical philologist, papyrologist and librarian
- 1885: Heinrich Arnhold , German banker, collector, patron and Esperantist
- 1885: Max Triebsch , German cyclist
- 1887: Louis Bonne , French racing car driver
- 1887: Gustav Hertz , German physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1889: Wassili Luckhardt , German architect
- 1889: James Whale , British film director
- 1890: Rose Kennedy , mother of John F. Kennedy
- 1892: Arthur Seyß-Inquart , Austrian-German lawyer and NSDAP functionary, war criminal
- 1894: Oskar Maria Graf , German writer
- 1894: Edith Leffmann , Jewish doctor, member of the Resistance
- 1894: Efim Schachmeister , German violinist and dance band leader
- 1895: Pavel Ossipowitsch Sukhoi , Russian-Soviet aircraft designer
- 1896: Walter Assmann , German officer
- 1898: Stephen Vincent Benét , American writer
- 1898: Alexander Calder , American sculptor
- 1899: Wolfgang Metzger , German psychologist
- 1900: Zdeněk Kalista , Czech historian and poet, literary critic, editor and translator
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Marcel Collet , French racing car driver
- 1903: Ami Assaf , Israeli politician
- 1903: Anton Saefkow , German communist and resistance fighter
- 1904: Peter Igelhoff , Austrian musician and composer
- 1904: Otto Rombach , German journalist and writer
- 1905: Walter Auerbach , German politician and trade unionist, resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1909: Franz-Josef Röder , German politician, Prime Minister of the Saarland
- 1909: Dorino Serafini , Italian Formula 1 racing driver
- 1910: Thomas Owen , Belgian writer
- 1911: Emil Andres , American racing car driver
- 1911: Luis Alfonzo Larrain , Venezuelan composer and musician
- 1912: Paola Barbara , Italian actress
- 1912: Luana Walters , American actress
- 1913: Klaus Schmid-Burgk , German lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1914: Yakov Malkiel , American linguist and Romance scholar
- 1914: Charles Regnier , German actor
- 1916: Gino Bianco , Italian racing car driver
- 1916: Marcel Cerdan , French boxer
- 1917: Jurij Chěžka , Sorbian poet
- 1917: Adam Malik , Indonesian politician, foreign minister, vice president
- 1918: Howard Crossett , American bobsledder
- 1920: Paul Dissemond , General Secretary of the Berlin Bishops' Conference
- 1923: Franco Calabrese , Italian singer (bass-baritone)
- 1923: Bob Dole , American politician, Senator for Kansas
- 1923: Lillian Ellison , American wrestler
- 1923: Nettie Witziers-Timmer , Dutch athlete, Olympic champion
- 1924: Bill Perkins , American jazz saxophonist and flutist
1926-1950
- 1926: Wolfgang Iser , German literary scholar
- 1927: Giuseppe Giorgio Englert , Swiss composer
- 1928: Orson Bean , American actor
- 1928: George Dreyfus , Australian composer
- 1929: John Barber , British racing car driver
- 1930: Shreeram Abhyankar , Indian mathematician
- 1930: Dieter Klaua , German mathematician
- 1931: Gordon Krunnfusz , American composer and music teacher
- 1931: Guido de Marco , Maltese President
- 1932: Óscar de la Renta , Dominican fashion designer
- 1932: Tom Robbins , American writer
- 1933: Hugo Assmann , Brazilian theologian
- 1934: Raniero Cantalamessa , Italian religious priest and cardinal
- 1934: Louise Fletcher , American actress
- 1935: Grover Dale , American actor and dancer
- 1936: Klaus Bresser , German journalist
- 1936: Don Patterson , American jazz organist
- 1937: Heik Afheldt , German science journalist and editor
- 1937: Otfried Hofius , German professor of theology
- 1938: Felicija Nijolė Sadūnaitė , Lithuanian nun
- 1938: Terence Stamp , British actor
- 1939: Horst-Udo Ahlers , German police officer
- 1940: Vera Chekhova , German actress
- 1940: Thomas Wayne , American rockabilly and pop singer
- 1941: Harry Behre , German football player
- 1941: George Clinton , American singer and songwriter, founder of P-Funk
- 1942: Peter Habeler , Austrian extreme mountaineer
- 1942: Bernd Schröder , German soccer coach
- 1944: Rick Davies , British musician
- 1944: Lew Hohmann , German filmmaker and film scholar
- 1946: Danny Glover , American actor
- 1946: Mireille Mathieu , French singer
- 1947: Albert Brooks , American actor
- 1947: Don Henley , American musician
- 1948: Frieder Andrich , German soccer player
- 1948: Susan E. Hinton , American author
- 1948: Otto Waalkes , German comedian, cartoonist and actor
- 1949: Alan Menken , American composer
- 1949: Lasse Virén , Finnish athlete
- 1950: Milena Rezková , Czech high jumper, Olympic champion
1951-1975
- 1953: René Vandereycken , Belgian football player and coach
- 1954: Al Di Meola , Italian-American guitarist
- 1954: Axel Horstmann , German politician
- 1954: Petra Uhlig , German handball player
- 1955: Willem Dafoe , American actor
- 1955: Manuela Wiesler , Austrian flautist
- 1956: Basilio Athai , Archbishop of Myanmar
- 1956: Asmi Bischara , Israeli-Arab politician
- 1958: Eve Beglarian , American composer
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- 1958: Iva Bittová , Czech singer, actress and violinist
- 1959: Paulus Terwitte , German religious
- 1960: Jon Oliva , American musician
- 1961: Ibo , German-Macedonian pop singer
- 1961: Keith Sweat , American musician
- 1962: Steve Albini , American musician
- 1963: Emilio Butragueño , Spanish footballer
- 1963: Ian Gray , Australian soccer player
- 1964: Will Calhoun , American rock and fusion drummer
- 1964: John Leguizamo , Colombian actor
- 1964: David Spade , American actor and comedian
- 1965: Karl Koch , German computer hacker ( KGB hack )
- 1965: Shawn Michaels , American wrestler
- 1966: Tim Brown , American football player
- 1968: Arno Geiger , Austrian writer
- 1968: Rhys Ifans , British actor
- 1968: Karin Scheele , Austrian politician, member of the EU Parliament
- 1969: Jason Becker , American musician
- 1969: Ronny Weller , German weightlifter
- 1970: Sergei Alexandrovich Zubov , Russian ice hockey player
- 1971: Kristine Lilly , American soccer player
- 1971: Henrik Wiese , German flautist and synaesthetist
- 1972: Colin Ferguson , Canadian actor
- 1972: Enid Tahirović , Bosnian handball player
- 1973: Rufus Wainwright , Canadian-American singer-songwriter
- 1974: Fabrice Anthamatten , Franco-Swiss criminal
- 1974: Franka Potente , German actress
- 1975: Sonja Baum , German actress
1976-2000
- 1976: Almedin Hota , Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
- 1976: Nadja Stefanoff , opera singer, soprano
- 1977: Parisa Fitz-Henley , American-Jamaican actress
- 1978: Andrea Joy Cook , Canadian actress
- 1978: Dennis Rommedahl , Danish football player
- 1979: Lucas Luhr , German racing car driver
- 1980: Scott Dixon , New Zealand racing driver
- 1980: Dirk Kuyt , Dutch football player
- 1980: Marco Marchionni , Italian football player
- 1980: Kate Ryan , Belgian singer
- 1981: Clive Standen , British actor
- 1982: Jan Benzien , German canoeist
- 1982: Anton Evgenjewitsch Kalinitschenko , Russian ski jumper
- 1983: Sunny Bansemer , German theater and television actress, voice actress and presenter
- 1983: Sharni Vinson , Australian actress and dancer
- 1984: Stewart Downing , English soccer player
- 1984: Kaitinano Mwemweata , Kiribati athlete
- 1985: Boukary Dramé , Senegalese soccer player
- 1985: Mariama Signaté , French handball player
- 1986: Sean Lee , American football player
- 1987: Daniel Finkenstein , German handball player
- 1987: Andrei Golubew , Kazakh tennis player
- 1988: Tim Oliver Schultz , German actor
- 1989: Tanju Kayhan , Austrian soccer player
- 1989: Yon Tumarkin , Israeli actor
- 1991: Omar Assar , Egyptian table tennis player
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- 1992: Selena Gomez , American actress and singer
- 1992: Teresa Klamert , German actress
- 1995: Ezekiel Elliott , American football player
- 1998: Paul Jaeckel , German soccer player
- 1998: Elisa Lohmann , German volleyball player
- 1998: Niels Zonneveld , Dutch darts player
- 1999: Letizia Paternoster , Italian cyclist
- 2000: Niclas Anspach , German soccer player
21st century
- 2004: Danil Wassiljew , Kazakh ski jumper
- 2013: George of Cambridge , British nobleman
Died
Before the 17th century
- 954: Arnulf II , Count Palatine of Bavaria
- 1035: Robert I , Duke of Normandy
- 1042: Hermann I , Bishop of Münster
- 1118: Hermann von Spanheim , Count of Spanheim and Burgrave of Magdeburg
- 1160: Al-Fa'iz , thirteenth caliph of the Fatimids
- 1217: Hadmar II von Kuenring , Austrian ministerial nobleman
- 1223: Otto , Abbot of St. Blasien
- 1240: John de Lacy, 1st Earl of Lincoln , English magnate
- 1253: Albert III. , Count of Tyrol and Vogt of Trient and Brixen
- 1258: Meinhard I , Count of Gorizia and Istria, Count of Tyrol and Vogt of Aquileia, Trient, Brixen and Bozen
- 1280: Walter of Bronescombe , Bishop of Exeter
- 1281: Johann von Ennsthal , Bishop of Chiemsee and Bishop of Gurk
- 1298: Herbert de Maxwell , Scottish knight
- 1298: John Stewart of Bonkyl , Scottish nobleman
- 1322: Ludwig I , Count of Nevers, Count of Rethel and Hereditary Count of Flanders
- 1329: Cangrande I della Scala , Lord of the City (Signore) of Verona
- 1362: Ludwig von Durazzo , Count of Gravina
- 1376: Simon Langham , Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor
- 1391: Nicholas Audley, 4th Baron Audley of Heleigh , English nobleman
- 1435: Heinrich von Sachsen , prince from the Wettin dynasty
- 1444: Oddantonio da Montefeltro , Duke of Urbino
- 1461: Charles VII , King of France
- 1480: Margareta von Cilli , Duchess of Teschen, Glogau and Steinau
- 1484: John Maxwell, Master of Maxwell , Scottish nobleman
- 1499: Heinrich VII von Fürstenberg , German nobleman
- 1540: Johann Zápolya , Prince of Transylvania
- 1564: Peter Cyro , Swiss lawyer and politician
- 1580: Hieronymus Lotter , German builder of the Renaissance
- 1590: Leone Leoni , Italian sculptor, goldsmith and medalist
- 1600: Laurentius Fabritius , auxiliary bishop in Cologne
17th and 18th centuries
- 1610: Charles I , Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
- 1619: Lawrence of Brindisi , Italian theologian
- 1634: Johann von Aldringen , German general in the Thirty Years' War
- 1639: Rutilio Manetti , Italian painter
- 1645: Gaspar de Guzmán, Conde de Olivares , Spanish politician
- 1652: Jacques Specx , Governor General of the Dutch East Indies
- 1676: Clement X , Pope
- 1700: Alderano Cibo , Italian cardinal
- 1719: Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford , British nobleman and politician
- 1738: Wolfgang Hannibal von Schrattenbach , Prince-Bishop of Olmütz, Viceroy of Naples and Cardinal
- 1746: Maria Theresia Rafaela of Spain , Dauphine of France
- 1751: Johann Melchior Kraft , German Lutheran theologian
- 1760: Charles de Bourbon , Count of Charolais, libertine
- 1765: Carl Alexander Clerck , Swedish entomologist and arachnologist
- 1792: Antonín Boll , Czech philosopher and Jesuit
- 1795: Johann Caspar Ludwig Mencke , German legal scholar
- 1800: Christian Heinrich Schmid , German legal scholar, literary scholar and rhetorician
19th century
- 1802: Xavier Bichat , French anatomist
- 1813: George Shaw , British botanist and zoologist
- 1817: Christlieb Georg Heinrich Arresto , German actor and poet
- 1823: William Bartram , American naturalist
- 1826: Giuseppe Piazzi , Italian astronomer, mathematician and theologian
- 1832: Napoleon Franz Bonaparte , son of Napoléon Bonaparte
- 1836: Karl von Müller-Friedberg , Swiss diplomat and statesman
- 1840: Józef Javurek , Czech pianist, conductor and composer
- 1845: Heinrich von Bellegarde , Austrian field marshal and statesman
- 1861: Barnard Elliott Bee , American officer, Brigadier General in the Confederate Army in the American Civil War
- 1861: Gregor Wilhelm Nitzsch , German classical philologist
- 1869: John Augustus Roebling , German engineer
- 1870: Josef Strauss , Austrian composer
- 1880: Johann Hermann Sanning , German-American builder
- 1882: Ludwig Auerbach , German poet
- 1883: Josef Plachutta , German chess player and problem composer
- 1894: Julius von Bose , Prussian general
- 1895: Rudolf von Gneist , Prussian lawyer and politician
- 1896: Emil Scaria , Austrian opera singer
- 1899: Siegfried Saloman , Danish composer
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901: Alfred Agricola , German Imperial Judge
- 1902: Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski , cardinal and archbishop of Gniezno
- 1908: William Randal Cremer , British trade unionist and politician, Nobel Prize winner
- 1909: Oscar Byström , Swedish composer
- 1909: Detlev von Liliencron , German poet and writer
- 1913: Johann Jakob Bernoulli , Swiss archaeologist
- 1915: Sandford Fleming , Canadian engineer
- 1916: James Whitcomb Riley , American author
- 1924: Claude Augé , French publisher, Romance writer and lexicographer
- 1924: Auda Abu Tayi , Arab general
- 1925: Albert Jaegers , German-American sculptor
- 1926: Friedrich von Wieser , Austrian economist
- 1928: Johannes Steinmeyer , German organ builder
- 1929: Bror Beckman , Swedish composer
- 1931: Otto Rossbach , German classical philologist and archaeologist
- 1932: Reginald Fessenden , Canadian inventor and broadcasting pioneer
- 1932: Errico Malatesta , Italian anarchist
- 1934: John Dillinger , American bank robber, first person to be considered Public Enemy No. 1 by the FBI
- 1936: Toni Kurz , German mountaineer
- 1942: Heinrich Reimers , German publicist
- 1947: Josef Behrens , German engineer and inventor
- 1949: Ernst Poensgen , German industrialist
- 1950: William Lyon Mackenzie King , Canadian politician
1951-2000
- 1952: Antonio María Valencia , Colombian composer
- 1955: Hans Tichi , German expellee politician
- 1958: Mikhail Michailowitsch Soschtschenko , Russian writer
- 1960: Wolf von Niebelschütz , German writer and historian
- 1964: Paul Eipper , German writer
- 1966: Frank Delahanty , American baseball player
- 1967: Hektor Ammann , Swiss historian and archivist
- 1967: Carl Sandburg , American poet
- 1968: Giovannino Guareschi , Italian journalist, caricaturist and writer
- 1970: Otto Konrad , German painter and graphic artist
- 1970: Fritz Kortner , German actor and theater director
- 1971: Ted Fiorito , American jazz musician
- 1971: Willy Max Rademacher , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1972: Max Aub , Spanish writer
- 1972: Pavel Bořkovec , Czech composer
- 1978: André Chapelon , French engineer
- 1979: Sándor Kocsis , Hungarian football player
- 1982: Sonny Stitt , American musician
- 1982: Lloyd Waner , American baseball player
- 1985: Erwin Wicker , German general
- 1986: Floyd Gottfredson , American comic book artist and writer, cartoonist, and painter
- 1988: Patrick Newell , British actor
- 1989: Hans-Arno Simon , German composer, singer, pianist and producer
- 1989: Martti Talvela , Finnish opera singer
- 1990: Irene Ambrus , Hungarian singer and actress
- 1990: Manuel Puig , Argentine writer and screenwriter
- 1992: Wayne McLaren , American model
- 1992: John Meyendorff , Russian Orthodox theologian
- 1993: Piero Heliczer , Italian-American underground filmmaker
- 1995: Otakar Borůvka , Czech mathematician
- 1996: Tamara Danz , German singer ( Silly )
- 1996: Peter Ludwig , German industrialist, art patron
- 1997: Josef Veleba , Austrian horn player
- 1998: Fritz Buchloh , German soccer player
- 1998: Hermann Prey , German opera singer
- 2000: Claude Sautet , French screenwriter and film director
21st century
- 2001: Dioris Valladares , Puerto Rican composer, arranger, singer, band leader, guitarist and percussionist
- 2003: Qusai Hussein , son of Saddam Hussein
- 2003: Udai Hussein , son of Saddam Hussein
- 2004: Sacha Distel , French chansonnier and composer
- 2004: Illinois Jacquet , American musician
- 2005: Jean Charles de Menezes , Brazilian shot dead in London as an alleged terrorist
- 2006: Herbert Walther , German physicist
- 2006: Dika Newlin , American composer, musicologist and composer
- 2007: Ulrich Mühe , German actor
- 2007: Gerhard Thielcke , German ornithologist and environmentalist
- 2008: Estelle Getty , American actress
- 2008: Victor Almon McKusick , American human geneticist
- 2010: Magnolia Antonino , Filipino entrepreneur, manager and politician
- 2010: Herbert Giersch , German economist
- 2010: Werner Stötzer , German sculptor and draftsman
- 2011: Tore Eikeland , Norwegian politician
- 2012: Miguel Arteche , Chilean writer and poet
- 2013: Dennis Farina , American actor
- 2013: Valérie Lang , French actress
- 2014: Olaf Breidbach , German science historian
- 2014: Helmut Uhlig , German basketball player
- 2015: Natasha Parry , British actress
- 2015: Josef Scheungraber , German war criminal
- 2016: Ursula Franklin , German-Canadian physicist
- 2016: Peter Grau , German graphic artist and painter
- 2017: Bernard Consten , French racing car driver
- 2017: Fritz Hellwig , German politician
- 2017: Polo Hofer , Swiss rock musician
- 2018: Günter Eichberg , German management consultant and football official
- 2018: Werner Reiners-Kröncke , German social work scientist
- 2019: Peter Hamm , German poet, essayist and literary critic
- 2019: Brigitte Kronauer , German writer and essayist
- 2019: Li Peng , Chairman of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
- 2020: Stephan Trepte , German rock musician ( Reform )
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Mary Magdalene , most important disciple of Jesus Christ (Protestant, Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox, Armenian, Coptic)
- Moritz Bräuninger , German missionary and martyr (Protestant)
- Name days
- More information about the day
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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